Get $15 In Rice Krispies Cereal Class Action

By Ben PopkenJune 27, 2011

You don’t have to show a proof of purchase to claim $15 in a class action lawsuit against Kellogg. Just be someone who bought Kellog’s Rice Krispies or Cocoa Krispies between June 1, 2009 and March, 1 2010.

The lawsuit contends that the cereal maker falsely advertised that the two cereals supported your immune system even though it didn’t have adequate data to back the claim.

Kellog settled a similar lawsuit last year over its Frosted Mini-Wheats, which claimed to “clinically improve kids’ attentiveness by nearly 20%.”

You can get $5 per box you bought, up to 3 boxes per household. Get and submit your online claim form, attesting under penalty of perjury that you did indeed buy the cereal, at cerealadvertisingsettlement.com.

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I never bought into the claims that any cereal would improve my children, but we have eaten a ton of rice krispies this last year. It’s one of my favorite unsweetened cereals. I’m guessing that because I didn’t buy into all of the hype, that I’m not eligible.

I guess I should have said “lightly sweetened” – it’s not drowning in sugar like frosted flakes, corn pops, assorted marshmellow-filled cereals, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll make a bowl of corn pops disappear in record timing, but when I want something that isn’t overwhelmingly sweet, rice krispies is what I choose.

I just got a $10 check from Wrigley for some sort of class action settlement that I don’t even remember doing a claim form for. It must have been a long time ago. Anyway, I won’t be joining this one. I hate milk and, therefore, never buy cereal.

I am sure I bought rice krispies at least once in that time period – of course it is more likely for rice krispy treats then anything else. But hey, I could have gone with the non-imune supporting stuff for my treats but at the time I thought I was being more responsible probably – gotta balance out the bad part with the healthy stuff after all (and mine are super unhealthy because I add chocolate and butterscotch chips to them).

Of course reading this I now have a taste for rice krispies, which I really think was their goal all along.

Which you’d get sometime after November. That’s the deadline for submissions. You get the money some time after that. I have one settlement that the final hearing on approval of the settlement was held in March, and it’s been crickets since.

Well, I don’t have full blown celiac, b/c I seem to be able to do malt and oats but not wheat. One of these days I’ll go to a doctor and get an actual answer, but they cost money.

Cocoa Krispies contain: “Rice, sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, dextrose), partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed), salt, malt flavoring, artificial flavor, BHT for freshness.” — I didn’t think malt flavoring was malt, kind of like how maple flavoring doesn’t usually have maple. But I could be wrong; like I said, malt doesn’t do much to me, so all I know is it’s tasty and doesn’t make me sick.

Me too! My husband eats coco rice krispies every day for breakfast – I don’t care about the immunity claim, as I was purchasing anyway, but I agree they need to be somewhat responsible for those crazy claims about boosting health.

In the past couple of years, I’ve bought mostly mini-wheats (frosted), with a couple boxes of raisin bran and rice krispies thrown in for variety (and krispie treats). Finished my last box of rice krispies while I was recovering from surgery end of last year. Already filed my claim. GIVE ME MY FREE MONEY!!!

I’ve gotten money back from Apple for a settlement on my iPod nano (scratches) that I didn’t file because I couldn’t remember the serial no. for it (I had dropped it into a hot tub and gotten a new one by then). Guess registering it after purchase helped me there.

Love Cocoa Krispies – My Son Calls it chocolat cereal. He enjoys a bowl now and then with me. Of course we don;t buyt it all the time, but we do always keep some on hand – Of Course if the wife would let me, I’d eat the whole box in one sitting. On Average a box will last us 2 months. Of course my Son also loves corn pops, mini wheats, cheerios, wheatbix, kix, lots of them. We only give him the sweet cereals on occassion. Though I would say I personally don’t care if it is good for you, boosts your immunity or not, If it tastes good then I will enjoy it.

Another of the great American pastimes. I received some money for a suit brought against small engine manufacturers because of the way they calculated horsepower or something like that. It boiled down to a big scam by shyster lawyers, who pocketed millions in fees and only caused the price of small engines to increase in order to pay the settlement. I bought something like six riding mowers, regular lawn mowers, etc. during the time frame and got about $50 just recently. Now, as a result of this nonsense, when I go to buy something with a small gas engine, it is in cubic centimeters, not horsepower. I am lost as I and most americans do not use or need metric crap. We grew up using horsepower, not euroweenie nonsense. We all knew what a 5 h.p. engine was and did not care if it was “really” only 4.9 horse. All we see on the telly now are ads by shysters wanting to help you get money because the evil drug companies deformed you or you are a victim of mesothelioma, etc. What hogwash!! Remember what Dick, the butcher said in Henry VI.

I did really buy the cereal (seriously!, no really I am not lying to get free money.) and will have $15 soon! This will help get me a free GoPhone! because I left Verizon (see the New Verizon post I submitted!) Consumerist newbie turned into a Consumerist Pro?

I just remembered many years ago I filled out a similar claim. This was even before the internet so I had to mail it and I don’t think I ever got a check. But I don’t even remember the company now. Hope this check comes through.